Compare And Contrast William Wordsworth And Tintern Abbey

On a Quest for the Sublime through Nature

Samuel Coleridge and William Wordsworth are both fine romantic poets who express their inner connection with nature in a way that alters their life in a substantial way. In both Samuel Coleridge’s, “Frost at Midnight” and William Wordsworth’s, “Tintern Abbey”, one can determine that both poets use descriptive imagery to alter the readers’ visual sense. The similarities are found in the structure in which both poets write. Both Coleridge and Wordsworth lament the past for not being as connected with nature as they should have been. However, what differentiates Coleridge and Wordsworth is their personal opinion on what their roles is in nature. While Wordsworth believes that he has matured in his outlook

It has been five years since Wordsworth returned to Tintern Abbey, and in those five years, Wordsworth may have transitioned from a young naive boy, to a mature experienced man. While in the city, Wordsworth would think back to Tintern Abbey and begin to feel sensations and deeper connections with nature. He intimates that these "feelings too Of unremembered pleasure" may have helped him to be a wiser and better person simply by putting him in a better mood in his lonely days in the city. Because Wordsworth was already feeling this way about nature, returning to Tintern Abbey and getting away from the city was probably a closure that Wordsworth needed in order to fulfill his happiness, “Until, the breath of this corporeal frame, And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid sleep In body, and become a living soul: While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things,” and spiritual connection is infinite. Wordsworth speaks of nature as if it were a religion or related to God, and to Wordsworth, nature takes the place of a Godly form. He has questioned whether his beliefs of his deep connection with nature has been mislead, but quickly recuperates and is sure that he does not care, and will continue to, “returned to thee O sylvan Wye! Thou wanderer through the woods, How often has my spirit returned to thee,” whether his belief is valid or not. Wordsworth gains fruitfulness when being a part of nature in spirit, and it seems to be a source of endurance because "in this moment there is life and food For future years." Wordsworth is enlightened through nature, and his understanding of the world is enhanced because of this spiritual connection. Wordsworth looks at humanity and pities them for